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Pregnancy and Your Chakras

The word “chakra” means “wheel” in Sanskrit and the term refers to unseen energy centres in the body. The chakras are not a part of the physical body, although they are associated with certain endocrine glands and nerve plexus of the body. There are seven main chakras: Base, Sacral, Solar Plexus, Heart, Throat, Brow and the Crown; with 2 more main Chakras that extend beyond the physical body. These are the Earth and Soul Chakras. There are also many minor chakras in the body.

The Base chakra is located at the very bottom of the spine. It symbolizes existence and survival, as well as a feeling of security, which you give to your baby both before and after their birth.

The Sacral chakra is located in the pelvic area, just below the navel. It is associated with your ovaries, which produce many of the hormones of early pregnancy, as well as with your baby’s gonads. It is also connected to physical and emotional needs, which are felt very strongly in pregnancy and in infancy.

The Solar Plexus, or navel chakra is located just above the navel. Your baby’s navel is the outward symbol of their connection to you. It is associated with emotional and intellectual growth, a process in which you will play a big role in your baby’s life.

The Heart chakra is located around your physical heart space. It is associated with the immune system, which alters its function during pregnancy in order to protect your baby. The heart chakra is associated with love.

The Throat chakra is located in the area of your neck and throat. It is associated with the thyroid gland, which plays a very important role in pregnancy because it stimulates metabolism. The throat chakra is also connected to areas of communication, between you and your baby.

The Brow, or Third Eye chakra, is located between your eyes on your forehead. It is associated with inner guidance, such as the spiritual instincts of the mother and baby.

The Crown chakra is located at the crown of the head. It is very important in pregnancy because of the production of hormones. It is also associated with the physical connection to the divine and with rebirth.

During your pregnancy, your baby’s own chakras develop. The characteristics and capabilities associated with each chakra begin to develop in your unborn baby early in pregnancy, starting with the base chakra. Dysfunction of the mother’s endocrine system or immune system, which are associated with the chakras, may affect the growth and development of the baby. Holistic and natural treatments can help to resolve these problems. Knowledge of the chakras during pregnancy can help you appreciate the miracle of your pregnancy and your sacred baby even more. Once your baby is born, being informed about clearing and balancing the chakras helps with baby massage and parental bonding.

Becoming pregnant is a spiritual gift. It is the merging of the physical reality of self with that of Divine Consciousness. It is the coming together of a new consciousness into the physical reality of your body. Recognise that your body is a sacred temple, providing nourishment and care for a developing human being. A new little gift to our planet. Becoming pregnant is more than just a physical change within self, it is an opportunity to create change in our world through the little one you are nourishing in your body.

The guided full-length audio version of the following meditation is available on our website: www.PregnancyPod.com

Enjoy this meditation. Taking your time to feel the energy’s move in and through you, connecting you to the energy of the little one you carry within. Many blessings to you and your baby………….

Make yourself comfortable

Either sitting or lying down

Begin to concentrate on your breathing

Gently in

And Gently out

As you focus on your breathing, allow your eyes to gently close

Focussing your attention completely on self at this time

Feeling deeply relaxed and at ease

Feel and imagine yourself becoming lighter and lighter within

Beginning to let go of your physicality, connecting to an energy greater than self

Gentle and comforting

Imagine now that your body is being surrounded in a soothing silver cloud of light

Imagine and feel this silver light beginning to swirl gently around all sides of your body

Up above your head

Down below the bottom of your feet

Imagine or feel your body beginning to rock and sway gently in rhythm with the silver swirls

Deeply calming, and deeply balancing

Feel or imagine that there is only your to think about in this silver cloud of energy

Allow your own body’s energy to expand into the silver rays of light

Feeling and imagining all physical burdens and challenges slowly disappearing and fading away in the silver energy

You are deeply calm and rested

Letting go of all physicality

Gently allowing yourself to expand into the energy of love and joy

Beginning to recognise that you are much more than you ever imagined

That you are much more important & significant in your new role as a soon-to-be mum

Imagine now that beyond the silver rays of light that are embracing you, it is now night time

All is still and dark, soft and soothing

You feel yourself embraced by the stillness of the night

In the energy of the goddess moon and all that she illuminates

Imagine or see yourself now looking out in to the night sky

Being bathed in the light of the goddess moon

Observing all the bright twinkling silver stars in the night sky

As you look out in to the night sky

You become aware that one silver star is shining more brightly than the rest

You feel your energy and that of this star beginning to become synchronised

That your energy and that of this special star beat as one

As you watch and concentrate on this silver star light

The star now becomes a shooting star of radiant energy

And the stars energy is travelling toward you

You feel your own body energy reaching out and connecting with the shooting star light

You and the sacred shooting star now meet as one powerful energy force

Merging and becoming as one

You feel the energy of the silver star light deep in your body system

Beating as one in a divine and sacred energy dance

Becoming aware of the sacred light consciousness, your baby, that is now a part of your being, forever interconnected and entwined

You feel and embrace the sacredness of this new being within you

You give thanks and gratitude for this blessed gift

That has been bestowed upon you

Recognising your role as a divine mother

The guardian of a new generation of beings that are being born on mother earth